Investment Evaluation - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 11

Sustainable Evaluation System Strategy By: Eccles, Robert G., and Peijun Duan Abstract—China's sustainable development faces three challenges: first, the follow-up momentum of sustainable economic growth and economic transformation is... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2003
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Hail to the Chief

Not along ago, consultant Alison Sander (MBA ’86/JD ’87) was invited to evaluate the potential for sustainable investment opportunities in Ecuador’s rain forests, where petroleum reserves were being parceled... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

06 Jun 2018
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The Business of Social Justice

become legal in one day. These kinds of changes have decades of investment behind them.” As COO, Brooks oversees strategic planning, operations, and finances, as well as the evaluation of programs to... View Details

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Real Property - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Real Property Course Number 1684 Senior Lecturer John Macomber Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Exam Career Focus This course is designed for students interested in managing, developing, advising on, or investing in... View Details

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Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online

limited-time offer. New Strategic Financial Analysis $1,850 Next 8-week session starts June 11th Enroll Now Explore the intersection of accounting, strategy, and finance, and learn how to evaluate a business’s performance, prospects, and... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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Reflecting on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program

education at Harvard Business School. First, I can now speak the language of finance, marketing, or strategy. I can sit and have a conversation with someone from private equity, investment banking, or venture capital. Those areas are not... View Details

01 Dec 1997
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Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize

In a predawn phone call on October 14, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences informed HBS professor Robert C. Merton that he had won the 1997 Nobel Prize in Economics. Merton's work evaluating risk has changed the nature of financial... View Details

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Forward Fellowship | MBA

award is intended to reduce their MBA loan debt and to help them make an investment in themselves. Forward Fellowship awards and evaluation criteria The Forward Fellowship award is $30,000 ($15,000 each... View Details

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Judging | New Venture Competition

Judging Social Enterprise Track Social Enterprise ideas are evaluated on their potential to become the basis of a viable new venture and will focus on the idea, its potential for social value creation, and the likelihood of achieving... View Details

31 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

facilitated research investment in an area of significant social value, patents promoted disclosure. Our findings highlight the importance of complementarities between prize and patent-based incentives in the design of innovation... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

June 1997 (Revised February 2000)
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Walker and Company: Profit Plan Decisions

By: Robert L. Simons and Ramsey Walker

Ramsey Walker, a second-year MBA student, must decide how to control a family business as an absentee owner. After providing background details on the publishing industry, the case requires the reader to: 1) make a product segmentation decision; 2) prepare a profit... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Structure; Family and Family Relationships; Market Design; Management Systems; Planning; Profit; Performance Evaluation; Segmentation; Corporate Strategy; Investment Return; Publishing Industry

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01 Mar 2010
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Alumni Books

The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital: Management Lessons from the Pioneers of Private Investing by Robert A. Finkel (MBA ’89) with David Greising (McGraw-Hill) Ten investment and management... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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HBS Online Entrepreneurship Essentials

Master a proven framework for building and financing new ventures and learn to speak the language of the start-up world. Program Dates: April 3, 2019 - May 1, 2019 View Details

9 AM – 9 AM EDT, 12 Sep 2018
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HBX Entrepreneurship Essentials

Master a proven framework for building and financing new ventures and learn to speak the language of the start-up world. Program Dates: September 12, 2018 - October 10, 2018 View Details

14 Jan 2022
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Power Play

equity investment strategy is better executed and better aligns the firm with its investors and executive teams—a luxury afforded by its independence from other firms evaluating the opportunity. SER focuses... View Details

01 Jun 2007
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Faculty Research Online

employees being victimized? In this video podcast, Professor Josh Lerner looks at historical trends and current deals to put it all in perspective. Visit http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5577.html. The Business of Free Software Large IT vendors have View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

17 Feb 2022
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A Big Bet

Finance, and Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992), founder and CEO of Year Up. The initiative tackles training for the nearly two-thirds of American workers who lack a four-year college degree. Palandjian’s Social Finance is designing the initiative and managing the View Details

Keywords: jobs training; social enterprise; upskilling; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

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Strategies for Cross-National Regions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

nations Speed up the process of economic upgrading at the national level Promote interest and investment in the region by the international community The Institute and Michael Porter are engaged in helping several cross-national regions... View Details

03 Nov 2015
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November 3, 2015

successfully navigate their academic careers. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50056 Public R&D Investments and Private-sector Patenting: Evidence from NIH Funding Rules By: Azoulay, Pierre, Joshua S.... View Details